Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 17:47:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Edwin L Phillips Jr <flaregun AT strauss DOT udel DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Knuth random number generators
To: "Gerald W. Gordon" <gordon AT med DOT unc DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

On Tue, 30 Nov 1993, Gerald W. Gordon wrote:

> At least one of the the 3 or so random number
> generators in Numerical Recipes is said to
> be derived (or copied?) from Knuth.  I have
> used it with good results. It is called ran3.
> Jerry Gordon
> 
> 

  I knew Knuth was in there somewhere... ;)

  I use ran3 also... converted it to C from the fortran version of the 
book (_Numerical_Recipies_), by some people.  I don't have the magic 
numbers though, so you may want to borrow a copy and have a look.

  Ed

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